This Purchasing Code is established under authority of Section
516.A of the Carlisle Home Rule Charter for purposes of providing
flexibility and administrative convenience in the purchase of goods
and services utilized ultimately for the benefit of the citizens of
the Borough of Carlisle in delivering efficient and cost-effective
municipal service.
The publication of any notices required by law for the solicitation
of bids or proposals for goods and/or services shall be made by publication
of such notice on the Borough's official website in accordance
with the publication schedule as required by the Pennsylvania Borough
Code or any successor or amended provisions thereof. Nothing
in this section shall be construed as preventing publication, in addition
to that on the official website of the Borough, in newspapers of general
circulation in the Borough and/or other publications or by other methods
intended to provide notice of the opportunity to bid to vendors.
In addition to emergency purchases as authorized in the Carlisle
Home Rule Charter, the contracts or purchases made by the Borough
of Carlisle which shall not require advertising, bidding or price
quotations are as follows:
A. Those purchases or contracts identified as exempt under the Pennsylvania
Borough Code, or any successor or amended provisions thereof;
B. Those purchases or contracts identified as exempt under the Pennsylvania
First Class Township Code, or any successor or amended provisions thereof;
C. Those purchases or contracts identified as exempt under the Pennsylvania
Second Class Township Code, or any successor or amended provisions thereof;
D. Those purchases or contracts identified as exempt under the County
Code, or any successor or amended provisions thereof; and
E. Those purchases or contracts identified as exempt under the Pennsylvania
Municipality Authorities Act, or any successor or amended provisions thereof.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or prohibit
the purchase of goods or services by the Borough of Carlisle in accordance
with those laws or codes that otherwise permit purchases by Pennsylvania
boroughs. To the extent not modified by this article, the Borough
shall comply with all purchasing requirements of the Pennsylvania
Borough Code and applicable law.